The kids and I have been loving our garden and all the little creatures that we are meeting while we are out gardening.  It has resulted in a number of interesting conversations about animals and we have started playing a game where I describe what the creature is doing and they look for the little creature.  This has proven to be such a big hit that I thought I would take it one step further and make some cards focusing on animals that you could find in a British garden ( I am sure my list of animals is no where near complete but it is a start).

The cards have 3 parts for each animal.  A picture, their name and a description of the animal.

We lay the cards out (the pictures and the words) and I read the description and the kids look for the matching picture and then Pink looks for the correct word.

Both kids have really enjoyed this.  And I have noticed that the cards where used earlier today when the spotted a bird in the garden and they where not sure what the bird was.  It was a blackbird.

I made these cards using photos which I was able to download for free so not all the photos are the exact same size but my kids do not notice that ( I also tried to choose a picture of a snake that was not scarey).  I am attaching the cards below for anyone who would like to use them.

British garden wildlife 2